My life, Lord, must be a copy of Your Son’s life on this earth. I am not necessarily to copy His acts—raising the dead, feeding the five thousand—but I am to copy Him. As He is, so also are we in this world (1 John 4:17). Just as Jesus went through a certain pattern, so I am to duplicate that pattern in my life.
The pattern is one of dependence. By myself I can do nothing (John 5:30, NIV). Those are not the words of a helpless Christian, but the strong Son of God. He deliberately chose to live a life of utter dependence upon His heavenly Father. He taught only what the Father allowed Him to teach; He revealed as truths only what the Father permitted; He walked only where the Father directed. No life has ever been lived on this earth in such utter dependence upon the Father as the life of Jesus. In that sense I am to copy Him. Without me ye can do nothing (John 15:5, KJV). To accept Christ as Savior and Master is to become a dependent.
What would have happened if Jesus Christ had become independent of His heavenly Father? What happens when I become independent of Him? The result is complete confusion and utter misery. Just as Jesus was necessary to the Father’s plan of salvation for mankind, so are we necessary to the ongoing of that salvation today. A breakdown of obedience means a breakdown of the instrument of salvation to others.
What a responsibility that is, and yet what a joy! Who else in the world offers us an opportunity to connect to an eternal scheme, in which what we do now has consequences that will never die? Jesus Christ calls us to follow in His steps (1 Peter 2:21), that is, to live the life He lived on this earth. What an honor!
And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him (John 8:29).
Daily with the King 